Reading Response Update for Trimester TWO

The next mid trimester due date for TWO more reading responses is Monday, January 13th, which is seven weeks from tomorrow. Students should be working on two of the three assignments listed: a fiction response, a non-fiction response OR a journal prompts response (based on a second fiction book.)  As a reminder, each journal prompt will only be completed once during the year, so if your child has already done conflict, they will not do that same one again. They need to choose a different one.

****** NO ONE should be working on a BIOGRAPHY RESPONSE anytime soon.  There will be a biography project that will be introduced to the students in mid-late January. ******

THANK YOU :)

Movie Theme Project

There is a Movie Theme Project that is due on Friday, December 6th.  Your child should have a packet that explains the project to include an example.  If it has been misplaced, please see the link to the right that outlines the project.

Journal Prompts Assignment

Students should be working on journal prompts

response based on a fiction book.  Students

have been instructed to choose three of the

following seven prompts to create their

assignment:

1.conflict identification
(Example on page 15 of reading
expectations packet)
2.identification of figurative language (14)
3.mood identification (15)
4.comparison of characters (17)
5.realistic/unrealistic (17)
6.character trait evidence sandwich (18)
7. irony identification (19)

As a reminder, there is no template for this

assignment.  It is created by the student. It

may be handwritten or done on Google Docs. 

An example can be found on page 20 of the

reading expectations packet that is in the blue

folder that your child took home  at the

beginning of the year.

Amended Reading Response Due Dates

I need to amend the reading response calendar a bit for

2019-2020.  I created the due dates through my best

guess prior to the district’s assessment calendar being

published and distributed. I apologize for this change,

but I need to assure that the assignments are counted

toward the correct trimester.  This only affects the end

trimester dates for November and May*. All other due dates

remain the same.

End of Trimester One Date: Friday, November 22nd **This is a change from November 27th.

Mid Tri 2 Due Date: Monday, January 13th.

End Tri 2 Due Date: Friday, March 6th

Mid Tri 3 Due Date: Friday, April 17th

End Tri 3 Due Date: Friday, May 24th

Reading Responses

Just as a reminder, TWO reading responses are due from each student by this Friday, October 11th.
If your child would like feedback prior to submitting their final copy, it must be shared with me by Wednesday morning at 9am. 

Thank you :)

Extra Practice for Vocabulary Quizzes

Click below and then click on the unit that we are working on and you will find practice quizzes, games and other resources to help you study for your vocabulary quizzes.

Vocabulary Packet Games/Resources

(Thank you, Kayleigh for realizing this was available for us to use.)

Extra Practice for Point of View

We just had a quiz on point of view.  Most students performed very well on the quiz.  If your child needs more practice, the following link can be of great help.  It has several practice sheets/answer keys that can be explored.

Point of View Practice Sheets/Answer Keys